Berkeley Math Circle

The Berkeley Math Circle (BMC) is a weekly program for over 250 San Francisco Bay Area elementary, middle and high school students. The weekly sessions are on Tuesdays evenings at the UC Berkeley campus. The program is jointly sponsored by the UC Berkeley Math Department, the Mosse Foundation For Arts and Education through the Mathematical Sciences Research Insitute (MSRI), and Parents' Contributions.
	Emulating famous Eastern European models, the program aims at drawing kids to mathematics, preparing them for mathematical contests, introducing them to the wonders of beautiful mathematical theories, and encouraging them to undertake future careers linked with mathematics, whether as mathematicians, mathematics educators, economists, or business entrepeneurs. Read more about the BMC.

15 CHAIRS NEEDED FOR BMC-BEGINNERS BMC-Beginners are in a new room in Evans Hall. This is in the Statistics Department at Room 330. The room is designed for 55 students, but it has only 40 chairs. All adjacent rooms will be locked or in use, so we need 15 more chairs. If you have a light folding chair that can be easily carried, please bring it to the BMC-Beginning room. Those who come early may secure a seat, but those who come late will need to bring a chair or sit on the floor.

Spring 2012 New Room Information BMC Upper Levels: BMC Beginner from 6:15 pm to 7:45 pm in room 330 of Evans Hall (in the Statistics Department). Limited to grades 5 and 6. BMC Intermediate from 6 pm to 8 pm in room 740 in Evans Hall (in the Mathematics Department). Limited to grades 7, 8 and 9. BMC Advanced from 6 pm to 8 pm in room 736 in Evans Hall (in the Mathematics Department). Limited to grades 9 to 12.

Parking Information Parking is notoriously hard nearby UCB campus. Plan on arriving at least 15 minutes early. We start at 6 pm, respectively, 6:15pm sharp for the corresponding groups. The campus map showing available parking can be found here. On the map, Evans Hall is in D2, so the Lower Hearst Structure in E1 is probably the best parking choice. The fee for parking is $1 per hour.

Applications for the Spring 2012 has been Closed The Berkeley Math Circle is over-enrolled for the spring semester in all sections. We cannot accept more students at this time due to lack of physical space in the classrooms. BMC does not have a waitlist. If you wish, you can contact us in the beginning of March mid-semester, if there are any space available then. The applications for the fall 2012 semester will be posted on the BMC website at the end of the April, and then you will have only a couple of weeks to respond by the deadline of May 8, thus you will have to act fast then. We cannot guarantee spots for new students, as we will be enroll first on-going students, thus it is essential that you submit a complete application at that time.

AMC Registration for Non-BMC Students Due to physical space limitation, we can offer AMC10/12 only to students who are officially registered at BMC. At this moment, the enrollment for BMC for the spring semester 2012 is closed.

News USA Math Olympiad 2011 BMC participant Evan O'Dorney earned a perfect score in the USAMO 2011. Former BMC participant Gabriel Carroll proposed one of the problems that was included in the competition.

International Mathematical Olympiad, July 2011, Amsterdam BMC participant Evan O'Dorney competed for a fourth time on the USA team at the IMO. All six USA team members earned gold medals at IMO 2011, and the USA team came in second among 100+ teams from all over the world, trailing only by 5 points behind the Chinese team.